EUR 900 mln to be spent on regional vocational schools
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Joanna Klukiz-Rostkowska, the Polish Minister of education, announced at a meeting in Białystok on Monday that as much as EUR 900 million will be spent on regional vocational schools in the next few years.
She emphasized that the vocational educational system needs to be "rebuilt" so that secondary technical schools and vocational schools cease to be seen as a "second and worse choice". In Klukiz-Rutkowska's opinion half of high school graduates should not go to university but should choose vocational and technical schools because Poland is in need of such workers.
The Minister stressed that those schools have not yet responded to market needs and should start educating students in a fashion that provide an invaluable workforce for business owners. EUR 900 million will be distributed between regions to aid with these changes. However, firstly, voivodship marshalls in cooperation with schools have to develop the know how to make smart use of this money.
